---
title: "Assign actions"
slug: "assign-actions"
updated: 2026-08-17T12:41:55Z
published: 2026-08-19T08:43:52Z
canonical: "docs.grassfish.com/assign-actions"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.grassfish.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Assign actions

You can assign actions to pages to create an interactive experience, such as a slideshow where you can click to switch pages.

To configure actions, perform the following steps:

1. On the HTML Composer canvas, select the element that you want to add an effect to.
2. In the **Elements** pane, click on **Actions**.
3. Select one of the following tabs to specify when an action takes place:
  - **On click**: Performs the action when an element is clicked.
  - **On start**: Performs the action when the display of a page starts.
  - **On finish**: Performs the action after the display of a page has ended.
4. Select an actions and specify its settings:

| **Switch multipage** | Select an element and page to switch to. |
| --- | --- |
| **Go to spot** | Call up a spot on a player by entering the name of the spot. |
| **Jump to spot and back** | Jump to another spot on the player by entering the name of the spot. Once this spot has been played, the player jumps back to the previous spot. |
| **Close spot** | Close a spot. |
| **Write statistic** | Create player statistics by specifying a value to write into the statistics when the action is triggered. For more information, contact your Grassfish partner. |
| **Trigger event** | Start an event by specifying an event name and type. |
5. Optionally, create more actions in the following ways:
  - Click **Add** to add the same action once more with a different element and/or page.
  - Select a different action from the dropdown menu and click **Add**.
6. Optionally, drag and drop multiple actions in the same tab to change their sequence.
7. Optionally, select another tab to configure more actions.
8. Click **Save** the save your changes.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> Elements that contain actions are marked with the following icon: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/e2b87f73-d9f5-43cb-8182-2641762664fd/Images/Documentation/assign-actions-image-svjecnnf.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T20%3A21%3A43Z&se=2026-11-06T21%3A21%3A43Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=tSTvxBdez29xB0YFpZHEENp3nIvPPvgzizbOdH62iwI%3D)